AI Engineering

Realizing the Promise of AI Solutions

Artificial intelligence (AI) holds incredible promise for transforming our software-driven world in general and DoD mission capabilities in particular. AI can compute more data more quickly than even automated software. That computational advantage allows us to make the most of human-machine teaming, freeing humans to focus their attention on the types of tasks they do best.

However, solutions to-date, while often brilliant, are difficult to replicate, verify, and validate. Practiced by virtuosos and talented amateurs, current AI solutions are created using intuition and brute force, with haphazard progress, casual transmission, and extravagant use of available materials.

Leading a movement for AI Engineering

The SEI knows that engineering practice for AI software and data is needed to capitalize on the promise of those capabilities for the nation’s military and government defense and security organizations. Further, the SEI has the experience, skills, and practical creativity to bridge the gap between inventing the possible and deploying the practical.

As a result, the SEI is leading a movement to establish and mature an engineering discipline for the data and software of AI systems. When your organization develops AI-enabled capabilities using AI Engineering practice, you will see

Rapid, iterative delivery of robust AI-enabled capabilities

Data management practices tuned for the needs in AI for evidence, traceability, and continuous innovation

August 26, 2019 • Presentation

This presentation will discuss why the construction of secure software is a concern beyond the IT industry, the elements of a secure software development process and how artificial intelligence could be applied to improve that process.

March 09, 2020 • Blog Post

Artificially intelligent (AI) systems hold great promise to empower us with knowledge and enhance human effectiveness. As Department of Defense (DoD) warfighters partner with AI systems more frequently, we will identify more opportunities to clarify the limits of AI and...